Railway.



PATENTED PEB. 27, 1906.

L. GENGBR.

RILWAY.

Puuuon Plum Nov. 17, ma.

3 SHBETB-SEBET 1.

Attorneys PATENTED PEB. 27, 1906. L. GINGBR.

RILWAY.

.APPLITIDN FILED HO. 1905.

3 SHEETE-BHKET 2.

Inventor Attorneys PATENTED FEB. 2?, 1906.

L. GINGBR.

MILWAY.

APPLIUTION FILED NOV. 1'?, 1995,

3 SHEBTSSHBET 3.

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A TTORNE V5 Fmwnd descending e mountain. 3o.`

` 4 the advantages of 45 connecting tllcnain sections.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LEWIS (lNGlCll, (lF COLURAIKISPRINGS, COLOR/UM).

FlAlLWAY.

Speciilcatin of Letters atent.

Patented Feb. 27, 1906.

Application filed )lm amber 17, 1905. Serial lle. 2812880.

To 11,1". whom tja/ay concern.'

Be n known that l, lmwls (linnen, e citi non of the United Sintes,residing nt Colorndo lliisinvention relates to ruilwnvs, sind hnsj forits object to provide n. novel track er- :o rangement for Y conveniencein :ascending steep inellnes-#sncln for instance, es the sides Y ofmounteins.` In this ccmiection it is prepesed to have the track dividedinto a series of mam sections located et diierentcievae tiene,adjacenttracksections nnngieennecentente ed' by an abri: tly-inelinefsupp track section, ong which the trim or cnr is designed to be earnedby eleveting machen-l ism. It is furthermore desi sections and to insurethe prompt'land posi tive ascent or descent of tlleear upon the sibrn tl-inclined treck portions. v

e the invention is cepebleof general use, it is particularly designedlasa. vecenic railway and is arranged to give'the passengers a. clearview of the scene when ascendith thcseiand otllercbjects in viewxthe.present invention consists in the combination f and arrangement ofparts, as will be licrein after more fully described, shown in theaccompanying drawings, and nairticnlerly pointed out in the appendedeleii'ns, it: being:

und crstood (het. chnnges in the forni, prop'ortion, size, end minordetails iniy be mudo Within the sco e of the `claims without departingfrom tje spirite'n' sacrificing any uf tie invention. Y Y

In the drawings, Figure l is e diagrammatic view of a. railway ofthepresent inven tion, including edjncent main-track sections und esupplemental inclined truck 4portion Fig. .3 is s. diagrammatic si eview illustrating the mana ner ci' con ntcrbnlancing tlie truck which`is dee si rnedto carry the car upon the supplemenin -treclc portion.Fi". 3 is en enlarged ele;

5O vntion locking nt the lice of a snppicinentel truck portion andincluding en elevatingtruck with a. cer thereon, portions of the truckbeing .lnoken`way 'to iliustrate ,the hoisting; mechanism thereon.` 4 isen Y end view o!" Fic. 3 with the cer in section.

lFig. 5 is an enlarged dptil plan 151cv. of a ed to have the' 2o cerself-propelled u on ca .e i supplementattraek portion, as wel as uponthe 11min-track.`

.. the retin of the 'supplenn-nlnl tinck.

ofthe truck In horizontal und provided wn -portion of theelvvnling-lrnek, Showing lln` einteilen for engagement with thernrovlnel to prevent the cnr from running oil' the lrnvli. F i r. 6 isan enlarged detail secthnnil view telic-n through oneof the clnlelws.Fig. 7 is n detail perspective view of one nl' the vlnlelns.A

fornire of the clutches. Fig. ll issn fragen-n tory side view ofone ofthe rails en ilse elevnl ing-truck, showing the grooves therein for thechatche responding parts in all of the figures of the dr wings. f 1

. teferring at first incre particularly lohigs. 1- and 2 ,0f tllcdrawings, it will lie ernplninvd itil-ntf AL designates e :nein trucksection, ,which may be level or slightly Vinclined nnd dispoed at 'alower 'elevation tlnin the adju- .cent mnilbt'rack Section B, tln twolnnin-tl'wli .'sectins being conxnected hy nn nlnnplly-incliiiedsupplemental-trm-k portion dis- )used transversely of the mein-trucksection.

tfisl ro )oeed to lieve -tlw train or cnr :sniff prlapel upon thelnlnmlnn-k .section lv)A steam, electricity, or` other nio! ive powerund rnptlyfinrlincd supplemental-linria porion hyymeans of an elevatorincluding n lsnvli i3, upbn which 1the cnr E is mlnpled to he rnnfrointlle mein-truuk section.

As'eleerlv indicated in Figs. 3 und 4, it. will bc nntcfl that esu'liend nl' their-nek ll'is in the formo? n righi-ungletrinngle, which isdisposed with its h \'|mi.ennse`in pnrnllelism with the inclinedsupplemeninl-lrin'li portion C. -Thc'ende ol.' the truck nreprefer-:lilly in the nature of open imanes, which n1-connected bysuitable erom-lmrsj, und nt opposite endscf the bottom' of the truck areaxles .i,

equipped with [hinged wheels nnnnii UlUH ie in i reilsflfortliesuppo.oftllewlnrlsol tliecnrhl und are disposed nt substantially rigid. :anglesto the lnils of the supplemental trau-k, und therefore in msition tocome into nlincnn-nl with the reis ofthe respective 11min-truck sectionset opposite limits of the movement of the truck.

' Suitabl journnled n )on tlietruckdwmenth 'the top t wreef, is a.rivesliai't 5, which disposed nlright angles to the mils l and 1s w eels6, desi ed to )be engaged and' driven by the car-w reels 7, each rail 4being eut Fig. 8 is n detail perspective view of n guide rLilrerelmractcrs of reference designan-e cor'- to provide for elevatingthe enr upon the ehv Y nippei et opposite ends with irictionim away orinterrupted, as at 4, to ielmit of the car-wheels 7 engaging the whee s6. It will here be explained that the car-wheels 7 are drivers and maybe driven in any suitable mamier---for instance, b means of an electricmotor 8, carried by t ie car and connected to the axle f), u `n whichthe whecls7 are mounted. ll )on t ie'drive-shaft5isahevcled gear 11),'whiclli meshes with another beveled gear 11 upon a counter-shaft l2,which carries a drum 13, having a hoisting-cable 14 wound upon the drumwith its other end suitably anchored at the upper end of thesupplemental-track portion, as indicated at 15 1n Fig. 2. Beneath and insubstantial parallelism with the drum 13 is another drum 16, having agear 17 in mesh with a gear 18 upon the drum k13. A cable 19 has one endconnected to and wound u oh'the drum A16, while its lower end issuitably anchored at the bottom of the su shown at 2() in l .2.

For counterba ancin the truck there is provided a counterweig 1t 21;running u on a track or guideway 22 in parallelism wit the supplementaltrack C, there being a cable 23, having one-end connected to thecounterweigkt and its other end connected to the truc with itsintermediate portion running around an idle drum or pulley 24, mountedat the upper end of the supplemental-track portion.

In practice a car E is run upon the truck or elevator from one of thelower mam-track sections, with its drivin -wheels in engagement with thefriction-glieels 6. When the motor or engine of the car is thrown intooper.- ation, the drivers 7 rot-ate without advancing the car, while thefriction-wheels 6 are rotated and in turn drive the drum 13, which`winds thei hoisting cable 14 thereon, and thereby eleva tes the truckwith thecar thereon along the supplemental track C until the,

truck or elevator reaches the top of the ineline with its rails 4 inalinement with theadjacent upper main-track section B, -where upon thecar will run ofi' uponthe main-track section and continue thereon to thenext abruptly-inelined supplemental-track portion, where -it will a Yainbe elevated ln the manner hcreinbefore eseribed. It will of course beunderstood that when the drum 13 is winding the drum 1.6 is unwinding,and when the car is descendin the drum 13 is drivenso as to unwind andthe drum 16 is driven to wind the cable 19 thereon, and thereby draw thetruck or elevator downwardly against the resistance of thecount'erweight 21.

Each straight track-sectioruis of course a single track and is providedwith one or more switches F, as shown in Fig.. l, wherebythe cars maypass one another upon .the maintrack sections.

By preference the cars are scheduled to meet one another at one end ofthe abruptly- -m'g a mountain, wherefore plemental-track portion, as-

' of the car, so as to -member may be slid beond the outer side ofinclined supplcmcntalftrack portion, one of the cars being side-trackedor switched to permit of the passing of the other car along the maintrack.

From the foregoing description it will be understood that each suiplemental inclined track section is provided with an elevator, which isentirely independent of the other elevators, and each elevator isactuated by the driving-wheels of the car which is supported thereon,whereby the car is self-propelled throughout the supplemental-trackportions as well las when upon the main-track sections.

While any form of selfro elledcar ma be used in connection Wit t epresent rail)- way, said railway is especially designed to give agood'view ofthe scenery when ascendit is pro ,osed to have the seats 254run lengthwise o the car and arranged in tiers facing the open side 26give the passengers an unrestricted view.- Y

1n order that 'the truck may be moved independently `ol' the ear, amotor 27, preferab y electric, is mounted upon the truck and providedwith a gear 28, adapted to bethrownl i 1ntoand out of mesh with a gear29 u on the shaft 5, whereby the hoisting mec anism .I

may b e actuated to raise and lower the truck when the latter is notoccupied by a car.

It is of course necessary to prevent the car is from running off of thetruck when the latter.

in movement, and to accomplish this feature `I employ clutch mechanismto engage one air of the car-wheels, as best `indicated in 3 a'nd .5 ofthe drawis. In carrying out this feature each rail 4214i the truck has apair of dovetailed or undercut grooves 30, formed across the treadthereofat a distance from the eut-away portion 4 of the rail, so as tolie at opposite sides of the rear car-wheels when the car-wheels on theother axle are engaging the' friction-wheels 6. Each of these .groovesor guideways is designed to direct the movement of a clutch member 31,which has one end concaved, as at 32, to form a shoe for frictionallyembracing the tread of the car-wheel, there beimiba dovetailed orwedge-shaped shoulder or oss 33 upon the under side of the clutch toslide in the groove too IIO

orguideway 30, which guidewsy is continued at the outer side of the railin a block or bar 34, as indicated at 30', whereby the clutch the track,so as not to'o struct the latter. A oruide menber 34 is supported uponthe rame of the truck 4in any suitable manner between the rail andtheouter edge of the truck. i

y It is proposed to simultaneously actuate corresponding clutch membersat opposite sides of-the truck, and therefore they are connected bymeans of links 35, each of which has its outer end pivotally connectedto a pin tween the link 35 and the lever 37.- livin-it on theront axleis ythrown out of operation,

end of a lever 37, which is fish-,ruined midway.

`clutches the conductor or other attendent V these clutches the otherlever 42 is meniplated to throw the outer set ol' clutches in loengagement with the roar sides of the whenl s, wherehy the latter areheld against rotation, sind the cui' iS prevented from running oli' of36, depending from the boss or shoulder 33 ndpaeent thc-outer side olthe cinici: member, the inner ond of the link heilig pivoted to one ofltscnds, as ut 33, upon n suilnhle frumeher 39. JThe guide member 34 isof course provided willi n sloty 4() for the slidnhlc reception of thopin 36, und the pin 3h in loont-ed nt the outer :nde of the vinti-hmember in order that the latter muy be drown inwardly, no es to lie uponthc top of the rail to engage the periphery of tho oer-wheel. At theouter Side of the truck there nre twdupstanding levers 4l and 42, onefor ouch pnir ol' .'lotch members. Each ofthese leversy is fulcruvmed etits lower end, es at 43, and e connecting-rod 44 has its onter endpivotally connected to the adjacent lever, as M345, with its inner endpivoted tothe inner end of the lever 37 upon the pivotal connect ionhc-VV thereof to llold thecnr ngninst,rnnningnil'f.

oly the truck.'Y 'lhe cnrwheels may be re leased hy throwing: the levers41 and 4'! out-f wnrdly, so Vas to draw tho'elnlchcs mvnjv lnom' thewheels-to Vthe onli-r sides nl' the track. Y Y fl ln practifle when theeer is running onion truck'roxn the clixteh end thereof they motor andwhen the front wheels have passed the throws the lever 4l inwardly, soas to bring. the inner set of clutches into the nth of the rear wheels,and when the rear w ieels strike thc truck. Tho-motor on the refunxle isol' course thrown ont of operation when the, rear wheels strike theinner set of clutches. After the roar car-wheels have been engaged withthe clutches the motor upon the front axle is thrown into operation,thereby rotellingg the front wheels which driven` the enr, and thusaetuatels the hoisting mechanism to raise and lower the truck. Whe-n thetruvk reaches either limit ol' its movement, the motor which has heenrunning is. thrown out of operation, the clutches aren-leased From theother oar-wheels and the other motor in thrown into operation, wherebythe wir will be un oll of the trof-k und onto the :1min miek. It willhere he explained than the ,i ear is open throughout that `idv which ie':n the outer side o llntruck llnleve-,rw 4l :and 4L* are neresnible from'the enr wherefore the conductor or other attendant need not. alight ifrom the cur to manipulado the levers.

thus described the invention, what l lavinp' is clannei I. A railwaymede up of separate mainy track sections at different elevations, aenpplementalinclined truck seotion connecting main-track sections, :andenr-actuated menne for raising nod lowering cnrs along the inclinedsections.

2. A rnilwny'mndc npeof seperate meintmck sections at differentelevations, n sul plemental' inclined track Section eonneoting:nein-trank sections,"and eur-operated ineens operating sit'thelinelined section only for moving oars thereon.

-1 vv3rd. rilwayvmndelupof scpnrnteinnin-l Atrnok sections at dilerentelevations', "n suplwith ineensto he ncpuxteofhy' thefdrivingnnclniniism of the ver for :.rvrfernil'wnyf imulempfof 'sc'pnniteinnin-V 'treck sections :itsdxfl'crigntelevetions;n sup- 'mimi-,trucksqetions', truck running upon drinn carried l hie wonnjlnpon the drumand anchored indepem lentlygo ,diei-Huck; und' drulm-ogmmtmg i li ineensclried h he truck and disposed for he elevated rjfthetrnbk. Y

5` A riiilwnyimde up'of separate maintrsick sections iiftjlillerentelevations, n snp- 'plementnl-t nick section-connecting the mamtrar-ksections, Dtx'm-.k-rrlriving menos carried hy tlie-triiiik, track-Hillsprovided upon tho truckz nml friction-wheels mounted upon the Voperationh A:th'ev'i rivingvvheels of a cer to {Hentai-,trinkn-eetioconnectingadjacent.-

` the supplemental-track*'seni long" nl hoisting rv, the trnek,;nnelevating-entruck in ofwrntiverelation with the truck-2 drivng'menns,vthe track-mils having spaces thervinthrongh whiih the friction-wheelsproject into' mention for cngnginnent hy the driving-Whoo s of a oarupon the truck.

(i. A railway mudo 'gip of separate mein trnrk sections at differentelevations, a Supplemental-tracksection connecting adjacent main-tracksections, an elevator running upon the supldemental-trnck section andprovided with mennsvactonn-.d by the driving mechanism ofthe ca'rforrunning the elevator, and uelutch mechanism carried hy the. elevalor forengagement with the ear-wheels to prevent the car from running olf ofthe elevator.

The combination of un inclined track an elevator running'thereon andprovided with rails having corresponding portions removed,elevator-actuating mechanenn eerrind hy the. elevator and provided withdrivello izo

wheels working in the space provided in thecar-wheels to prevent the carfrom running oil of the truck when the latter is in motion.

8. The combination of an elevator having a trackl for the support of amotor-car, eleva- 5 tor-actuating mechanism carried by the elevat-or andprovided with friction-wheels ex--V posed for engaement with thepowcr-whecls of a car upon t 1e track, each rail of' the track beingprovided with a pair of transverse io grooves, grooved guideways leadingoutwardly from the grooves of the rails, wheelv/ engaging clutchesworking in the grooves and guideways, means connecting the correspondingclutches at opposite sides of the track for 151simultaneous movements inopposite directions, and controlling-levers for the respective sets ofclutches.

9. The combination of an inclined track, a

truck running-thereon, rails upon the trucl1 2o one ofthe rails having avertical oiening therein, and truck-operating means aving a drive-wheelworking in the opening of the rail and exposed through the top thereofto the driven wheel of a car supported upon the rails.

NU. The combination of an inclined track,

a t nek runningY thereon and adapted to carry a car, truck-actuatingmeans having a drive element dis osed for engagement by one of thedrive-w eels of a car u on the truck, and means to prevent the car romrunning ofl' of the truck when the latter is in motion.

ll. An elevator havin track-rails, a guide- "way intersecting one of tie rails, and a clutch working in the guidewa for engagement with acar-wheel and capalile of being shifted to one side of the rail toprevent the passage of car-wheels.

12. An elevator having track-rails, one of the rails havin a transverse4groove interseating its treac, and a clutch shiftable into and out ofthe groove to enga e a car-wheel and prevent movement thereo on therail.

`13, An elevator provided with means for driving the same which iscontrolled by a ear su ported upon the elevator.

n testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto ailixedmy signature in the presence `of two witnesses.

LEWIS GINGER.

litnessesz W. S. MORRIS, J. C. OCKENGA.

